Class begins January 20, 2021 - Register now!
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Drum Your Prayers is a bi-weekly drum, chant and mindfulness, online drum class for men or those identifying as male. Each one-hour session will be rooted in Jewish values and will include opportunities for men to check in, to learn some drumming skills and rhythms, and to reflect and explore how drumming can help them find connection with their deeper selves, to other men, to Judaism and to humanity.
In this hands-on program, you’ll learn to daven with the drum on your own and at worship services, Hebrew chanting groups, prayer gatherings and drum circles. Find the prayer in percussion with rhythmic explorations that can transport you to an ecstatic davening experience that calls to the depths of your soul. Each session will be loosely based on a theme (such as a text or pearl of Jewish wisdom, mindfulness practice, Mussar, liturgy, Torah, etc.) and will include some drumming technique instruction, listening, reflecting, discussion, breathing and playing. Questions? Contact: drumming@menschwork.org "Drumming is an ecstatic spiritual practice that has supported davening since the origins of Judaism. Haleluhu vetof umachol, the drum is the place! – Psalm 150." -JoJo Kottler 
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About the Instructors
Mitch Gordon has been a professional musician for 40 years and is a Mussar and mindfulness practitioner and teacher, mediator, and Sacred Drummer. He received s’micha from Akiva Wharton in 2013 as Drummer of the Holy Temple and began teaching Sacred Drumming at Hebrew College 2014, and at JTS in 2016. He is a graduate of Aleph’s DLTI and leads Jewish worship from the drums, Sacred Drum Circles, drum clinics and seminars 50 weeks each year.
Click this link to learn more about Mitch.
Josef (JoJo) Kottler is a sacred drummer and composer of more than 20 Jewish chants and prayer-songs. He is the founder of Hebrew Chant Boston and co-founder of Kol Libeinu, a Jewish chant music ensemble. He has led the “Drum Your Prayers” workshop at synagogues and at the annual Northeast Rhythm Festival where he is a featured instructor. He is President of One Spirit Foundation, a nonprofit that produces Interfaith musical programs and inspiring music videos.
Click this link to learn more about JoJo.
Mitch Gordon has been a professional musician for 40 years and is a Mussar and mindfulness practitioner and teacher, mediator, and Sacred Drummer. He received s’micha from Akiva Wharton in 2013 as Drummer of the Holy Temple and began teaching Sacred Drumming at Hebrew College 2014, and at JTS in 2016. He is a graduate of Aleph’s DLTI and leads Jewish worship from the drums, Sacred Drum Circles, drum clinics and seminars 50 weeks each year.
Click this link to learn more about Mitch.
Josef (JoJo) Kottler is a sacred drummer and composer of more than 20 Jewish chants and prayer-songs. He is the founder of Hebrew Chant Boston and co-founder of Kol Libeinu, a Jewish chant music ensemble. He has led the “Drum Your Prayers” workshop at synagogues and at the annual Northeast Rhythm Festival where he is a featured instructor. He is President of One Spirit Foundation, a nonprofit that produces Interfaith musical programs and inspiring music videos.
Click this link to learn more about JoJo.
